September 14, 2007
Dahesh Museum to close, seek new location
The Dahesh Museum of Art, a Madison Avenue gallery devoted to 19th- and 20th-century European artists, will permanently close its doors as of this Sunday, museum officials announced in its e-newsletter this morning.
To see what you'll be missing click to the Top 10 favorite pieces of art from its collection, including Gustav Bauernfeind's "Jaffa, Recruiting of Turkish Soldiers in Palestine," (pictured above.)
Update: Museum admission is free through to the end, a Dahesh official confirmed for NewYorkology this afternoon. They're open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Sunday.
"(W)e have decided that it is time to resume our quest for a permanent and fitting site for an enduring Dahesh Museum of Art," the note states. "In the interim, the Museum will be working out of offices and our website will be expanded so there will be public access to the Museum collection, information on our traveling exhibitions and our publications - and a new online Museum Shop. ..."
The Dahesh, located at 580 Madison Avenue at 56th Street, has been paying about $200,000 a month on rent -- about half its budget, according to the New York Times. Faced with a rent increase, they decided to close the museum and sublease the space.
Recent exhibitions at the space have included the popular "Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt."
Full image credit: Gustav Bauernfeind, "Jaffa, Palestine," 1888, Oil on canvas, 58 1/4 x 110 3/4 inches, © Dahesh Museum of Art, 1999.4.
Earlier: Free admission at Dahesh Museum all summer
September 14, 2007 07:31 AM in Midtown, Museums, Sightsology
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